https://www.comptia.org/dcflyin/ Feb. 13-14, 2018 Washington, DC When ready: This is the info you need to register. Use TECNA18 code because this gives you free registration to Flyin. If prompted, then enter TALK.

What’s In Santa’s Stocking for IT? Two TALK Board Members, aka Santa’s Elves Kristen Handel and Monica Jones, put this wish list together for you! Pick up a copy at the TALK Holiday Celebration on Dec. 12th at Noosh Nosh, 4816 Brownsboro Center, Louisville, KY 40207. See you between 5:30… Read more

TALK supports the efforts of the Mansfield Institute for Public Policy and Social Change in its work around our nation’s veterans. On Nov. 10th, The TALK board showed support for the inaugural veterans gala put on by William R. Mansfield and his wife, Melanie from the Mansfield Institute for Public… Read more

Techfest Louisville had three special guest artists exhibiting at Techfest Louisville 2017! We would like to acknowledge these artists directly: Dawn Yankeelov, Executive Director of TALK, and president of Aspectx, exhibited her deceased daughter’s work, Annmarie Campbell. Annmarie grew up in Louisville, graduated from Murray State University, and was a… Read more

The following are the available slides from TALK’s 2nd Techfest Louisville for your perusal. If the slides are looking for are not listed herein, then they are not to be made publicly available. We look forward to seeing you at our next Techfest in 2019! The Technology Association of Louisville… Read more

The Art of Workforce Development

Across pockets of the Bluegrass State, kids of all ages are delving into cool, project-based learning designed to build a future workforce that embraces technology in every facet of corporate growth. [View full story at The Lane Report]

Kentucky’s new Education and Workforce Development Secretary brings both an entrepreneurial background and a school choice advocate’s perspective to the job. And Hal Heiner hopes to push the cabinet to move faster than ever before in preparing students to fuel future growth in the state’s economy.

The Louisville businessman and former Republican gubernatorial candidate appeared on KET’s “One to One” to discuss education issues and Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to expand workforce training opportunities. [View full story at Insider Louisville]

A Rising Call to Promote STEM Education and Cut Liberal Arts Funding

When the Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin, suggested last month that students majoring in French literature should not receive state funding for their college education, he joined a growing number of elected officials who want to nudge students away from the humanities and toward more job-friendly subjects like electrical engineering. [View full story at The New York Times]

Cyberstates 2016 Report

As TALK is a member of CompTIA and TECNA, please find an interesting Cyberstates report released in March 2016: The 17th annual edition of Cyberstates provides a state-by-state analysis of the size and scope of the U.S. tech industry and tech workforce. [View Report]